A jury has returned verdicts of accidental death at inquests arising from a car crash that claimed the lives of three generations of the same family in Co Mayo last year.
All three suffered traumatic head injuries and died at the scene.
The inquest, before a six-person jury at Castlebar Coroner's Court, heard from a number of witnesses, gardaí who attended the scene and the driver of the truck that the car collided with, Mark Tierney.
Mayo Coroner Pat O'Connor was told that garda investigations had concluded that Mr Tierney was in full compliance with all legislation governing driver hours and road safety at the time of the collision.
Several witnesses detailed how they saw the red Citroen C3 car being driven by Majella Wilson emerge from the Old Ballindine road junction outside Claremorris, shortly after 12.30pm on the afternoon in question.
One of those who saw the incident, John Fallon from Ballindine, said "everything happened in an instant", when he saw something impacting with the side of the truck being driven along the N17 by Mr Tierney.
The car went under the truck and emerged seconds later.
Another witness, John Finnerty from Attymass, Co Mayo, said he saw a large amount of spray, before the car spun violently out of control at speed. Mr Finnerty, who was driving along the road at the time of the impact, said it "looked like the car was coming apart".
The inquest heard how witnesses and emergency service personnel worked to assist the occupants of the car in the moments after the crash. However, they each sustained fatal injuries in the collision.
Coroner Pat O'Connor described the deaths as a "horror" and said words could not describe the scale of the tragedy.
He expressed his sincere sympathies to the Wilson family and the wider community in Binghamstown and Belmullet for the tragic losses that had affected them.
Mr O'Connor said he knew the stretch of the road in question and spoke of the need for those with responsibility for the route to look at numerous safety issues along the section of the N17 between Kilkelly and Ballindine.
The coroner said several minor roads led on to the national route through the county and said driving on them was "almost like Russian roulette on occasion".
He said a number of roads posed an "extraordinarily dangerous" risk, due to the manner in which they linked onto the N17.
While evidence was given of additional signage being placed at the junction in the aftermath of the fatal collision, Mr O'Connor said there was an onus on Mayo County Council and Transport Infrastructure Ireland to examine and address the dangers that motorists faced.
